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YURTS
Definition of YURTS
noun
plural of yurt
noun
A large, round, semi-permanent tent with vertical walls and a conical roof, usually associated with Central Asia and Mongolia (where it is known as a ger).
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Word DNA
YURTS inherits its ancestry from its root, YURT.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
20th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.5%
of traced words share this origin (146)
branch · 0.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, YURT · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
YURTS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 64 boards so far. 115 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 12, 1 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 12, 1 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
YURTS starts with Y and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read RSTUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 12
Could you have found YURTS?
OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 12 - and most players walked straight past it.
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